Werder Bremen were forced to play from the 5th minute with 10 men after Valerin Ismael was sent off for a "professional foul".  Christian Vieri was unable to convert the resulting penalty shot.

Inter was awarded a second penalty shot by the referee in the 34th minute.  Brazilian Adriano converted the spot kick and later sealed the win for Inter in the 89th minute.

Werder played a solid match, but in the end were unable to overcome the disadvantage of playing with a man down for 85 minutes. 

Paul Stalteri played 90 minutes in his first ever Champions League match.  He started the match playing leftback and later switched to the right after 36 minutes when captain Frank Baumann left the game due to injury.  The coach was forced to shuffle the team after losing two defensive players in the early stages of the match. 

"It was too bad that we didn't have a fair chance to match up against them for a full 90 minutes with 11 men, the result might have been different."

Werder will face Valencia in Bremen on Wednesday September 29th, 2004.

Actions Shots from Milan

Paul Stalteri and Adriano (www.werder-online.de)

Paul Stalteri after being fouled (www.werder-online.de)

Werder players walk away after second Inter goal (www.werder-online.de)

Werder Bremen: Reinke - Pasanen, Fahrenhorst, Ismael, Stalteri – Baumann (36. Magnin), Ernst, Borowski, Micoud – Klasnic (61. Charisteas), Valdez (81. Klose).

Inter Milan: Toldo – J. Zanetti (52. Ze Maria), Cordoba, Materazzi, Favalli – van der Meyde, Veron, Emre, Stankovic (81. Cambiasso) – Vieri (78. Recoba), Adriano.

Goals: 0:1 Adriano (34.) FE, 0:2 Adriano (89.)

Red Cards: Ismael (Werder)
Yellow Cards: Baumann, Micoud (both Werder) – Favalli, Cordoba (both Inter Milan)

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Attendance Giuseppe Meazza Stadium: 40,000
 

Werder Bremen's Champions League Schedule